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Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-Pundarika) [sanskrit]
by H. Kern | 2013 | 16,351 words | ISBN-13: 9788120801226
The Lotus Sutra (Saddharma-pundarika) is an important Mahayana Buddhist scripture classified as one of the nine Dharmas. the Lotus Sutra deals with a wide range of important Buddhist teachings in twenty-seven chapters including the nature of the Buddhas and the inherent potentiality of becoming Buddha within all beings. This editions only contains the Sanskrit metrical text and the corresponding English translation. Alternative titles: Saddharma-puṇḍarīka-sūtra (सद्धर्म-पुण्डरीक-सूत्र).
Verse 7.37
नाहेतु नाकारणमद्य मार्षाः सर्वे विमाना इह जाज्वलन्ति ।
निमित्त दर्शेन्ति ह किं पि लोके साधु गवेषाम तमेतमर्थम् ॥ ३७ ॥
nāhetu nākāraṇamadya mārṣāḥ sarve vimānā iha jājvalanti |
nimitta darśenti ha kiṃ pi loke sādhu gaveṣāma tametamartham || 37 ||
It cannot be without cause or reason, friends, that to-day (or now) all these celestial cars are so brilliant; this bespeaks some portent somewhere in the world. Come, let us go and investigate the matter.
English translation by H. Kern (2013) Buy now!
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (7.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Naha, Naka, Arana, Adya, Marsha, Sarva, Vimana, Iha, Jvalanti, Jvalat, Nimitta, Han, Kim, Loka, Sadhu, Gavesha, Tama, Tami, Artha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Lotus Sutra Verse 7.37). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.
- Line 1: “nāhetu nākāraṇamadya mārṣāḥ sarve vimānā iha jājvalanti ”
- nāhe -
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nāha (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- nākā -
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nāka (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]nāka (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nākā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- araṇam -
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araṇa (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]araṇa (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]araṇā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√raṇ (verb class 1)[imperfect active first single]
- adya -
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adya (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]adya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]adya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mārṣāḥ -
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mārṣa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]mārṣā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- sarve -
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sarva (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [locative single]sarva (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]sarvā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
- vimānā* -
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vimāna (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]vimānā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- iha -
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iha (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- jā -
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jā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- jvalanti -
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jvalantī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]jvalat (noun, neuter)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√jval -> jvalat (participle, neuter)[nominative plural from √jval class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √jval class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √jval class 1 verb]√jval -> jvalantī (participle, feminine)[vocative single from √jval class 1 verb]√jval (verb class 1)[present active third plural]
- Line 2: “nimitta darśenti ha kiṃ pi loke sādhu gaveṣāma tametamartham ”
- nimitta -
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nimitta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- Cannot analyse darśenti*ha
- ha -
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ha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]han (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- Cannot analyse pi*lo
- loke -
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loka (noun, masculine)[locative single]√lok (verb class 1)[present middle first single]
- sādhu -
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sādhu (indeclinable)[indeclinable]sādhu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]sādhu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]sādhu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- gaveṣām -
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gaveṣā (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- tame -
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tama (noun, masculine)[locative single]tama (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tamā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tami (noun, feminine)[vocative single]
- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- artham -
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artha (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]artha (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lotus Sutra Verse 7.37
The Lotus Sutra (The Saddharma-Pundarika)
by H. Kern (2013)
The Lotus Sutra (Text with Hindi Translation)
by Ram Mohan Das (2001)